In Memoriam

June 29, 2021

Rosalind Abernathy

Ben Boulden

Rosalind Smith Abernathy, M.D., of Durham, North Carolina, died, Thursday, June 17. Rosalind Smith Abernathy served on the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics from 1957 to 2012. She was an early pioneer and known internationally for her clinical care, advocacy and innovative disease management for tuberculosis and sarcoidosis. At her recruitment, Abernathy was only…

July 16, 2019

Edith Irby Jones, M.D., Trailblazing Medical Pioneer, Passes Away at 91

Benjamin Waldrum

Edith Irby Jones, M.D., enrolled at UAMS in 1948 as the first African American to enroll in an all-white medical school in the South.

Edith Irby Jones, M.D., who became a pioneer when she enrolled at UAMS in 1948 as the first African American to enroll in an all-white medical school in the South, and who went on to a distinguished career as a doctor, educator and philanthropist, passed away on July 15. She was 91. “All of UAMS…